Feds: IL broke the law on PARCC test last year
There's more to the story about Illinois dropping the PARCC tests for high school students next year, after using the tests for the last two years.
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H.S. diplomas shouldn’t mean college-readiness
We should stop assuming high school graduation needs to be tied to college-readiness since, among other problems, the term can't actually be defined.
Tech changes the experience in Md. schools
A near 1-to-1 technology initiative in Worcester Co., Md., aims to prepare students, by high school graduation, for college or the work force.
Ravitch still opposes Common Core: NYT
The Common Core has taken root, but there are experts among educators who would rather we use something else for math & English.
N.J. to require PARCC for graduation
The Garden State will begin requiring students to pass the PARCC tests or some other test (or submit a portfolio) for high school graduation in 2021.
Md. family must pay $540K; enrolled kids in D.C.
Faking your residency in order to enroll in a desirable school is fraud, plain and simple. Yet people risk this in certain areas.
6-year-old handcuffed; took candy from a teacher
A 6-year-old Chicago Public Schools elementary student was handcuffed for taking candy off her teacher's desk. Mom said she'd sue.
A gifted student was held back in Montgomery Co.
Why can't gifted and talented students learn at their level, rather than the level our paternalistic public school officials want to hold them at?
Debt-free college, a Democratic unifying principle
We wonder if debt-free college in the US is a possibility by looking at the proposal advanced by Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
They’ve had enough (online) testing in Alaska
Test results are important for schools, but technical computer problems and opt-outs continue to frustrate educators across the US.